SPECIAL JURY MENTION MY HAPPY FAMILY (d: Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Gross, Georgia / Germany / France 2017) JURY STATEMENT: For their deft handling of a large ensemble cast, for their approach to a subversively feminist story within a patriarchal culture, and for their ability to capture emotional chaos with depth, grace, and resonance, we present a Special Jury Mention for Excellence in Direction to Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross for My Happy
SPECIAL JURY MENTION MY HAPPY FAMILY (d: Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Gross, Georgia / Germany / France 2017) JURY STATEMENT: For their deft handling of a large ensemble cast, for their approach to a subversively feminist story within a patriarchal culture, and for their ability to capture
emotional chaos with depth, grace, and
resonance, we present a
Special Jury Mention for Excellence in Direction to Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross for My Happy
Special Jury Mention for Excellence in Direction to Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross for My Happy Family.
Her initial representational painting would be done from life, out in the open air, then she would take the canvas home to her studio and work over it so that it took on an
emotional resonance — something she described as: «that memory or dream thing I do that for me comes nearer reality than my objective kind of work».6 She painted on canvas with a very fine weave and coated it with a
special primer to make the surface extremely smooth, blending one colour into the next, making sure that the brushstrokes were invisible.